Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Chief Officer T. Knowles, Cambridgeshire Fire Brigade

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; Defence Medal; King’s Police and Fire Services Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £30-40

Provenance: Minton Collection, Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1994.

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1951: Tom Knowles, Esq., Chief Officer, Cambridgeshire Fire Brigade.

K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1947: Tom Knowles, Staff Officer with the rank of Divisional Officer, No. 9 (Midland) Regional Fire Headquarters, Birmingham.